Planning Application for Recycling – CSL

Waste Application

Planning Application for Recycling – CSL

Client Requirements

Commercial Storage Ltd required a planning application for their recycling process as well as an environmental permit. We liased with the County Council in order to set up a pre-planning meeting to scope the application and help to apply for a waste and minerals planning application.

Waste and minerals planning applications which regulate waste businesses are regulated by the county council and not by local authorities as per those planning applications for dwellings and business properties.

Paul Downing & Associates worked with the client to ensure that a full and valid planning application was submitted and obtained.

What We Delivered

Pre-planning visit with county council planning officers for a waset and minerals planning application and application for the change of use from B8 to waste and minerals use for soil and aggregates recycling. Ecology surveys, tree surveys, highways statement, environmental statement and associated contaminated land reports to accompany the waste recycling application.

Part of the waste and minerals planning application involved providing details on the plant and machinery plus the operational processes that were to take place at the site. Details on waste acceptance, quarantine and handling procedures had to be in place and robust enough to ensure that no wastes were allowed onto the site that were not allowed by the planning or environmental permit. Both regulators (the Environment Agency and the County Council) made site visits during the application process to verify that procedures and processes were implemented as documented.

The whole process took over a year to come to fruition and several requests for information were forthcoming from the planning authority to ensure that the risks to the environment and local neighbours was minimised.

I contacted Paul earlier this year to help us with our permit variation and a separate permit application, I would recommend Paul for this work, he made the process very professional and we achieved our goals with great success.

Tony Hughes, Managing Director.

London Kent Metals

We employed Paul to help us with a bespoke waste permit application for our waste recycling operation. Paul was professional and thorough in his approach and dealt with the Environment Agency on our behalf. I can recommend his services to others who might find the process confusing and complex.

Ed Cheshire, Director.

Mobile Compactor Services Ltd – Bespoke Waste Permit Application

I have used Paul Downing & Associates Ltd to liaise with both Hampshire County Council and The Environment Agency for our environmental permit and waste planning application. Paul and his team have been both professional and thorough with our applications and have guided us through the whole process

James Cooke, Director.

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